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Greg Hardman, CEO of the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co., is joined by Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls and members of Cincinnati city council for a congratulatory toast to the opening of the new brewery in historic Over-the-Rhine.

Greg Hardman’s Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. completed the last phase of his four-step plan to restore Cincinnati’s brewing heritage. He opened Moerlein’s 125,000-square-foot production facility in Over-the-Rhine on Wednesday.

For a look inside the renovated brewery at 1621 Moore St. in Over-the-Rhine, click on the image to the right.

The facility had been in the works for years, but the financial crisis and a ton of renovation work held things up. Until now.

Moerlein should be producing beer by the first of the year and will employ 20 at the facility by summer, Hardman said.

Best of all for Moerlein fans, the plant will allow Moerlein to boost annual production to 15,000 barrels, all in Cincinnati. He wouldn’t say how much it has been brewing at three outside plants. But the expansion allows Moerlein to expand distribution from mainly Greater Cincinnati and Dayton to soon blanketing the Midwest.

The facility had been most recently a Husman’s potato chip plant. But years ago, before prohibition, it was home to Kaufmann Brewing Co. Now it’s back to its brewing roots.

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